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  • Friday, September 26, 2008 10:35 AM
     
     
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    Hi, 
    I have a problem, 
    I have tryed to  install the RMS on a Windows Server 2008 x64, but probably I have make some mess, so I want to remove the role to make a new installation,
    But when I try to uninstall the AD RMS Role, I receive this error message:


    Active Directory Rights Management Services

    Active Directory Rights Management Services: Removal failed


    		 <Error>: Attempt to perform custom actions before un-installing Active Directory Rights Management Server failed. Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection. Parameter name: index at System.Collections.CollectionBase.System.Collections.IList.get_Item(Int32 index) at System.DirectoryServices.PropertyValueCollection.get_Item(Int32 index) at Microsoft.RightsManagementServices.Configuration.ProvisionHelper.GetPort(String strTargetComputer, String strIIsService, String strSiteindex, Boolean fSSL) at Microsoft.RightsManagementServices.Configuration.ProvUtils.GetWebsites(String strTargetComputerName, String strIIsWebService) at Microsoft.RightsManagementServices.Configuration.ProvUtils.IsProvisioned() at Microsoft.RightsManagementServices.Configuration.ProvisioningBase.Unprovision() at Microsoft.RightsManagementServices.Configuration.ProvisionerBase.Unprovision() at Microsoft.RightsManagementServices.Configuration.CmdLineHandler.Run()

    		 The following role services were not removed:

    		 Active Directory Rights Management Server


    Do you have any idea how to remove the services?


    Many thanks
     

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  • Wednesday, November 12, 2008 6:18 PM
     
     
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    Did you ever find a resolution for this issue? I have Server 2008 x86 Enterprise and get the same error when trying to remove RMS from my server.
     
  • Tuesday, December 23, 2008 9:56 PM
     
     
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     I have same error. Can anyone help?
     
  • Wednesday, December 24, 2008 11:41 AM
     
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     I received a good hint in an other forum.
    Remove another website in IIS. Only the default was left over.
    Then uninstall is work.
     
  • Sunday, July 12, 2009 1:23 AM
     
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    Hi all

    Please follow the below mentioed the Tech article to removed the AD RMS.

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771332.aspx

    Hope for help

    Deva
    Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.
    • Proposed As Answer by Devaraju K Monday, July 13, 2009 10:21 PM
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  • Monday, July 27, 2009 10:03 AM
     
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    Hi!

    Yes... It works, but other steps by TechNet is required.
    • Proposed As Answer by Devaraju K Monday, August 17, 2009 7:48 AM
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  • Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:55 PM
     
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    Yeah, I've solved this (or at least a very similar problem).

    Go into the IIS manager and find the site that you're using for ADRMS. Right click it and choose "Edit Bindings". Make sure there are two entries, one for HTTP (with the correct host header) and one for HTTPS. Then try removing ADRMS.

    But first, read this:

    If you remove the ADRMS role without decommissioning it, you may not be able to install it again later. So first decommission it as described in deva_1002's link.
    • Proposed As Answer by Ferreira Daniel Sunday, February 28, 2010 5:31 PM
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  • Thursday, August 27, 2009 4:06 AM
     
     
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    after trying to debug further, it seems that the db and the iis app was not created.  The message log states that the login for user failed because the db doesn't exist.  I think this is benign as i think the collection refers to iis, but if the site or subsite doesn't exist, hence the index out of range exception.  I can relate to this as not catching the exception in a try catch block.
     
  • Saturday, September 12, 2009 5:01 PM
     
     
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    the article you refer to is usless because during the process the exceptions occur.
     
  • Wednesday, May 19, 2010 8:25 PM
     
     
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    Hi Fabrizio,

    I find that post is a little late to answer its, but perceived that he did not have a reply with solution. The solution that I found, was the following one. Before removing the RMS I was in the IIS and I removed all the existing sites, also the Default WebSite. A done time this procedure was possible the removal of Role ADRMS successfully. I wait to have helped.
    Fine,
    Daniel Marreiro
    Marreiro
     
  • Thursday, March 01, 2012 12:35 PM
     
     
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    I have the same issue. I removed the IIS default website and still no joy. Any other ideeas? I tried also through powershell with the -force parameter.

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  • Thursday, March 01, 2012 8:03 PM
     
     
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    Hello,

    the AD RMS forum is the better one to ask about this http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/rms/threads

    Best regards

    Meinolf Weber
    MVP, MCP, MCTS
    Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
    My Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/mweber/

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